UFC Fight Night 24: Nogueira-Davis

Phil Davis overcame the toughest obstacle in his young career last night. In his fifth fight in the UFC and his eighth professional fight overall, Phil 'Mr. Wonderful' Davis defeated Antônio Rogério Nogueira by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) in the main event of the night.

Throughout the first round, Antônio managed to stuff four double-leg attempts while the two fighters struggled to earn a striking advantage. This changed in the second and third rounds when Davis changed his takedown of choice to a single leg. Davis managed to secure and maintain dominant positions over the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt, who did not seem to threaten off his back. Davis won the fight in convincing fashion.

In what was expected to be a showdown between two brawlers, Anthony Johnson wrestled his way to a safe unanimous decision. Dan Hardy has now lost three in a row in the UFC. He has not won a fight since UFC 105 in November 2009, where he earned his title shot.

The fight started with a close first round in which Sadollah threw an accidental groin shot and both fighters worked their ground game. Sadollah seemed to get the better of the ground fighting, sweeping Johnson late in the first round. Sadollah effectively clinches and ground-and-pounds in the second. Johnson is forced to submit to powerful elbows by Sadollah after taking several powerful knees to the body.

The fight began with both Jung and Garcia gauging the other. Both fighters are noticeably calmer then at their first fight at WEC 48, trying to find their range. Neither seemed willing to throw like they did in their first encounter. Jung finished the round in full mount. The second round started slow but both fighters end up throwing flying knees. Jung again takes Garcia to the ground, landing some good elbows from Garcia's guard. Jung transitioned to the back and finished the fight by twister with one second left in the second.

Fight of the Night: Michael McDonald and Edwin FigueroaKnockout of the Night: Johny HendricksSubmission of the Night: Chan Sung Jung

"That was the only way you could destroy me. Neither do I quail at death nor act in deference to any god. So drop your talk, I come resolved to die. But first, there are these gifts I bring for you." At once he hurled a javelin at his enemy, then sent another and another still straight to the mark. - Virgil's The Aeneid

You start to take the back, lock up of the guys legs with both of yours as he tries to turn in to you, get his arm behind your head, grab behind his head and crank on the neck. It's something of an esoteric submission. The only other time I've seen it in MMA was during an exhibition match on Human Weapon.

Most people who do Eddie's stuff learned it from youtube, including myself. Which I think is why it has taken so long to show up in the big leagues.

Probably so, although Rubber Guard has been showing up at high levels in MMA for a while - I think Daiju Takase was under Eddie Bravo when he beat Anderson Silva. That's at least 8-10 years.
My (obtuse and unstated) point was that this reinforces the idiotic notion that one can learn how to grapple/fight from youtube. "Garcia got beat by something that dude learned off youtube, bro. Submissions101 is the bizness."

On topic, I want to see the un-aired prelims. (esp Morecraft McCorkle) Are they online? Links anyone?

On topic, I want to see the un-aired prelims. (esp Morecraft McCorkle) Are they online? Links anyone?

They're still on Facebook. If you like 'UFC', go to their page and click on Live Video along the left. It's the second thumbnail along the top.

"That was the only way you could destroy me. Neither do I quail at death nor act in deference to any god. So drop your talk, I come resolved to die. But first, there are these gifts I bring for you." At once he hurled a javelin at his enemy, then sent another and another still straight to the mark. - Virgil's The Aeneid